A MAN who was chased through the streets of Rhyl in the early hours of the morning and viciously attacked, was left with a speech impediment following bleeding to the brain.

Victim Scott Gregson, 25, later said the attack had changed his life – and he now questioned whether he had the will to live.

His two attackers were each jailed at Mold Crown Court yesterday.

Joel Cullen and Alex Frazer was told by Judge Niclas Parry that their victim was so drunk that he could hardly stand but they in drink chased him.

The judge said he had been caused a serious injury and his speech had been impaired.

“This was gratuitous violence,” he said.

Joel Cullen, 21, of Bryn Avenue in Kinmel Bay and Alex Frazer, 21, of Vale Road, Rhyl, each received 16 months imprisonment after they admitted a GBH charge following the incident in August of last year.

But Joel Cullen received a total of 32 months imprisonment after he also admitted a separate affray in January of this year and a public order offence in November last year.

James Cullen, 23, of Llys Glanrafon, Rhyl, received 14 months, consecutive to a prison sentence he is already serving, after he admitted the affray, which in his case was racially aggravated, and the public order offence.